Background: Prospective data from over 10 years of follow-up were used to examine
neighbourhood deprivation, social fragmentation and trajectories of health. Methods: From …

Objective: Many studies have shown that poor health status and harmful health behaviour
occur more frequently in deprived neighbourhoods. Most studies show modest associations …

Background In this review article, we detail a small but growing literature in the field of health
geography that uses longitudinal data to determine a life course component to the …

Background Neighbourhood deprivation has been associated with poor health. The
evidence for social causation, however, remains scarce because selective residential …

Study objective: To investigate the association between perceptions of neighbourhood
physical and social characteristics and three health outcomes (self assessed health status …

Background. Interest in features of our local environments that may promote better mental
health and wellbeing continues to rise among decision makers. Our purpose was to …

Objective: We examined associations between neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation
and health-related quality of life, and estimated the mediating effects of individual-level …

Objectives: To investigate associations between measures of neighbourhood social and
material environment and self rated health. Design: New contextual measures added to …

People who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods tend to have poor physical and mental
health, but this might be due to selective residential mobility rather than causal …

Background Neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES) may affect rich and poor residents
differentially. Two models are proposed. Model 1: living in a non-deprived neighbourhood is …